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600:Lars Szoke - engineer
372:"Ruins of the Future"
336:"Rivalry of Phantoms"
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876:Categories
853:True North
811:Empiricism
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700:ICS Vortex
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398:ICS Vortex
389:"Colossus"
173:Empiricism
144:chronology
832:Universal
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274:Vocalist
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559:– guitar
497:"Revolt"
207:Allmusic
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